Can We Make This Model T Railcar Run and Drive to Goat Canyon Trestle to Go-Kart on Railroad Tracks
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- @MerlinsOldSchoolGarage and Brad are on their biggest adventure yet! This Model T Rail Car makes its way through tunnels and over bridges along a Railway that was built over 100 years ago! Have fun on this adventure with the guys as they take you along on their trip!
@JunkYardLoungeTV came along with their speedster to run the rails too!
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What an amazing adventure that Merlin and Brad has taken us on with this video! Beautiful country and historic railroad tracks. Thanks for taking us along Merlin!
i definitely agree
Took the words right out of My mouth as What I was going to say.
The oiler is called a flange greaser. It's used to help minimize the wear of the rail.
Usually placed just ahead of curves in the tracks where side load on the wheels will cause friction.
Type MBJ Meco rail - and - flange lubricator
Awesome really enjoyed it
Wear and friction reduction oiler for curves…
Yep it is a track oiler to cut down on friction on the curve. Still being used on some sections. Good call @pbaemedan
The ties between the rails with two additional ties perpendicular to the side; This is a motorcar set-off. Maintenance workers have to get out of the way for the trains. Each morning before the workers went out on the tracks, they got a “lineup”, or train schedule. Trains run on strict schedules….sometimes late, but never early. The workers would drive to the “set-off”, slide out two long lifting bars, pick up the back of the motorcar, and spin it 90 degrees on those ties between the rails. They could then push the motorcar out onto the ties that are perpendicular to the rails, park it, and wait for the train to go by. After train passes, the push the car back and put it on the rails. These were also used as turn arounds. Rather than backing the motorcar all the way back to the maintenance shop, they would use the set-off to turn the motorcar 180 degrees and drive back going forward.
Sure was a blast hanging out with you guys on that adventure! Thanks for the good time!
The ties in the middle of the tracks is for the hand carts to turn on. They are moved to the side on the wooden rails to allow trains to pass.
Sometimes there was a little shed to keep the carts in also from my understanding
Could be the best place to turn your model T around if you happened to find yourself on the tracks 😂
Also to clear track for the train
This is what my grandfather told me when he took me on his motorcar to see the last steam freight pass by.
Smaller motor cars can be picked up and moved off too.
Anyone who is walking around up there and hears the horns are going to be so confused 😂😂😂🏴🏴🏴
Anyone walking around out there is long past being confused from hearing horns. Merlins a hoot.😂
So if im walking down the tracks and some a** almost runs me over, I've got an issue that. Not cool.
@@Tom-zo2rc found you, 👍the one my reply was for. 🤣🤣🤣💯
I don't watch videos more than once but I will watch this again.
Don't want to spoil it for you but, it seems to always end up the same 🤔
weird huh 🤣
amazing adventure that Merlin and Brad have taken us on. Beautiful country and historic railroad tracks. Thanks for taking us along Merlin!
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After turning the model T, I guess you can see what the wooden structures were for. Turning hand carts off the track.
Those weird 'metal looking' spikes were called 'silver dollars' back when I pounded them into Timbers while on the bridge gang in the '80s on Conrail.. they're actually very large screws , a foot long that rotate in as you hit it with a 10 lb Sledge... Pre drilled with a slightly smaller hole
You guys have built some crazy cool stuff but this one is definitely up there in the top ten that’s for sure!🍻
Exactly 💯
Top 3 .. I reckon for sure. What an adventure. Bushyboy Oz
The structures between the RR tracks with the two planks running perpendicular out from the rails was used to get the speeders off the track to let trains pass. To turn the T around, mount a plate under the car at the balance point. When you want to reverse direction, jack the car up using the balance point and spin the car around 180 degrees. The RR had some speeders that had provisions to do this.
I'm Japanese, but I'm jealous of the abandoned railway drive. It's wonderful.👍
Nothing beats Sunday morning coffee and watching Merlin's antics.
Railway looks as if it has been maintained. Especially the bridges and tunnels.
From what I can find, the last train ran in 2013. It has been abandoned since. The dry climate preserves things but Mother Nature is catching up.
Was surprised the ‘speeders’ didn’t know about the motor car set-offs. Also surprised you didn’t back down to one to help you turn the “T Model” around. 😊
Its a shame that whole ride back was in the dark. Very cool trip. Thanks for doing it and takeing us along. I have never done anything as cool as that.
Who needs a bucket when you can create your list as you go. ;O)-
Awesome adventure, thanks for taking us along...
very cool trip
For anyone curious the water tower was Dos Cabezas Station. Steve from sidetrack adventures did a video on the history of it about a month ago it was very interesting and cool to see it in Merlin’s video
Hey Merlin,
That was just too cool !
Once in a lifetime adventure.
Thanks for taking us along.
Don't know if I've ever seen something as cool as this.
This is the coolest video I have seen in a long time. Thanks Merlin.
I have worked on the railways for many years as a Traincontrol officer. Steam, Diesel and Electric. The iron ore trains weighs up to 7500 tons in freight. Cheers Cape Town 🇿🇦🇺🇲
This track was originally built by John D. Spreckles. He was a sugar entrepreneur in San Diego, California, 1853 - 1926. The engineering people and many others said it could not be built, and it was nick- named , "The Impossible Railroad." Mainly because of the steep rough terrain going down into the desert of Imperial Valley. It was later named The San Diego-Arizona Eastern Railroad. There is a custom-built steam engine made for this railroad. It used vertical pistons for more power to get up the steep grades from the desert. I got a chance to see this steam locomotive many years ago when it was being stored and restored for the museum. They had it at NAS Miramar for some reason. My dad was in the Navy, and one of his comrades took us on a personal tour of it, and a couple of passenger cars were there. That wooden trestle is the world's biggest curved wooden trestle! To bring supplies into this area even with todays technologies would be amazing. They did this in 1920's. Solid rocks and deadly heat. The collapsed tunnels to the north of the trestle are the original train route until a major California earthquake happened around 1933. This prompted the construction of the wooden trestle. Mr. Spreckles had a mansion in Coronado, California there are many landmarks in San Diego County named after him. Organ pavilion and an amphitheater. I've been a San Diego County resident since 67 currently live near Campo, where the museum is located and very close to this trestle in the video. I actually live closer to the famous tunnel where the train goes into Tecare, Mexico, for a short distance and back into the United States.
Have a Great Day
God Bless America 🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸
What a beautiful landscape and epic bucket
List trip. Thanks Merlin!
Next time, maybe put the boards under the model t longways with a bottle jack under the center of the T and spin it on the rails. ;)
That's the way we do it on the W.W.& F. Ry... Our model T rail car has a balance point. We have a board notched for the rails, (2', not 4' 8 1/2"), the jack goes in the middle, and the whole car comes up off the rails, and two people swing it around!
When I visited, over a weekend in the 70's, us Scouts discovered that 17 of the support foundations were washed out, and/ or the vertical timbers were just dangling in thin air.
We walked the catwalks, collected honey from a hive, played grabass.
Fun times😊
The oilers are used to lubricate the insides of rails before curves to help prevent the rail from waring out. Modern railroad use grease
Love my Sunday mornings with MOSG. What an adventure in Merlins 1917 model T turned into a railcar. Another creation from Dr Frankenstein great history class in a history car. The best history class entertainment . Brad enjoyed the ride
The track oilers were installed to reduce friction and wear on the rails. It was also used to reduce the effects of corrosion. Cool video, thanks for the upload.
Well I would have never experienced that trip without you Merlin. Felt like I was there with you guys with a windshield front row view. Loved this experience! Thank you for taking us along. ❤
Great adventure for that era appropriate car. Not sure if anyone answered your questions, but the device filled with oil is a flange oiler that prevents rail wear on curvy railroad tracks. The wood ties in the center of the track and what looks like wood railroad track next to it is for speeders to be set out of the way of oncoming trains. Thanks for the ride guys!
Brilliant video. 👍🏻🇬🇧”Speeders in payment for removing the rock we’re leaving the timbers”😂🤣👍🏻
One of your best videos! Thank you for sharing the past! How tough and fearless and ingenious our forefathers were… God Bless you guys.
I luv it Mer..... grown men actin like children IS the object of the game..... carry on and god bless ❤️🇺🇸
So for your next adventire, you need a small H frame with a pivot in the center so you can jack the Model T up and spin it in place.
Great history! Beautiful trestle!
Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
The bits that go off at a 90 Deg angle with wood in between the rails are to enable maintenance vehicles to put their turntable down, lift the vehicle up, spin it 90 degrees onto temporary rails and drive off out of the way for a train to pass. To save them having to go all the way back to a station/loop.
Merlin, I must thank you and Brad from the bottom of my heart. I've heard and read about this abandoned railroad and always wanted to figure out a way to go see it for myself. I'm 81 now and that will not happen. But, with your kindness and ingenuity, you have provided me a way to fulfill my dream. Thank you so much. If not for folks like you, the rest of us would never have the opportunity to see these fantastic views. Please, don't ever stop. P.S. How fortuitous is was for you two to run into 2 other adventurers. If not for them, you guys might STILL be out there.
Thank you. I grew up in an old coal town, lots of old tracks and tunnels in the hills. This reminds me of our adventures as kids.
guys that was a video of academy award quality, thanks for the very unique ride along experience. This video reflects real quality content which is very rare these days. I like that your adventures and builds actually end up making some sense, they are not just throwing money at junk with an out come that is still junk, you guys are visionary, expending resources in a sensible way.
I believe, well on this side of the world anyhow it’s for unloading ur track vehicle maintenance gigga as we call em to allow trains to pass
Would no doubt have been a great place to turn a model T around too if u happen to come by one on the train tracks 😳😬🤣😎
Hey guys, put a bridge in the center of gravity on the Ford T chassis, and use a hydraulic jack, so it will be enough to raise the 4 wheels a little, and make them rotate on the central hydraulic pivot, to reverse the direction of travel . I congratulate you for this excellent video!!!! Greetings from Argentina !!!
You needed a floor jack and a Timber dead center of the car Jack Herer up spin it 180 and set her back down like a switchgear beautiful beautiful views love the slow motion clickety clack soothing is raindrops on a tin roof
The jumble of cross ties with the 2 long ties going away from the track were where the speeders were taken off the track to allow the trains to pass and for removal debris from other parts. You should have backed the model T to one of those, would have been much easier than what you went through. Great video as usual.
Awesome fun there! 😂
I love the idea of converting an old ride into a railway adventure vehicle. The abandoned rails across America are last unexplored off-road trails to be enjoyed, but with rail drivable vehicles. 👍
I believe there are a number of speeder clubs/ groups across the country that travel portions of railway with permission from owners
Next upgrade could maybe be a 'cow catcher'/ debris blade on the front to deflect limbs, heaps of sand, you know, debris. It's a constant problem as these ARE abandoned tracks after all. What a lovely way to spend an afternoon. Love you guys.
Merlin, you make Sundays amazing.
Thank You for sharing your adventures with us.
what a amazing adventure
Merlin - You Need a Rotator Mounted Under the Model T - That Lifts and Rotates - So You Can Turn Around - So Much Easier...Just a Thought...Stay Safe...Thanks For the History and Beautiful Views...Stay Strong...
Love That Horn...Thank You, Again...Stay Safe...
Those oak wedges I mentioned on earlier video and a 5’ needle bar would make turning the model T a lot easier
An adventure we won't get anywhere else! Thank you!
Brad and Merlin's Excellent Adventure!
Thanks for taking us along, Merlin!
Exactly 💯
We have some abandoned rails here in the Texas Hill Country. After watching this amazing adventure. Instead of talking about, it's definitely time to build something.
Where in Hill Country?
@@redlight722 Llano out towards Marble Falls
First impressions at about 20 seconds in. The preacher and the cowboy are taking the stagecoach. 😂😂
Wow! You guys are literally living one of my dreams right now!😊 And since this is as close as I'll ever get. Thanks for taking us along 🇺🇲
Man, that Model T handles like its on rail! Awesome adventure, thanks for taking us along!
I have hunted the Rockies from Canada to Mexico for more than 60 years. Now, I wish I had followed some to the tracks pit there. Great video for old desert rats like me. LOTS OF MEMORIES.
For the full length of this vid, all I could do was just keep sayin over and over, "AH'LL BE DA-YUMED" Thankya thank ya veramuch.
That was Awesome and great Video your work on the railer
Is Outstanding and we appreciate your time
Thanx for sharing this Great 👍
Adventure
That was sooooo much fun! Thanks for taking us along. Epic journey
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Way to go, Merlin and Brad. That was absolutely awesome. Only on MOSG 😂
"Merlin Cassidy and the Sundance Brad!"😉🤣💯
I appreciate seeing that gorgeous bridge
Thanks Merlin for sharing this ride back into the past. That so many people would never have seen. 👍🇺🇸
Sounds like a train coming out of the tunnel.... and then the Model T rolls out.... Awesome
You should change the channel name to Merlin's Old School Garage and Adventures! This video was worthy of putting down the tools, going in the house and watching this one on the big screen! Fine, quality entertainment here! I really enjoyed this one! Keep up the great work!
Henry Ford is proud of you! You make this 1924 Model TT truck owner proud. Hopefully one of these days I can meet you. Excellent use of a Model T.
So glad we got to see the "turnaround"! Thank you
Man! What an adventure! That was awesome!
You can see why they called it "The Impossible Railroad."
It goes all the way to San Diego through Mexico.
Great video!
Merlin, i made my first trip through Corrizo Gorge in 1975. Went with San Diego and Arizona Eastern railroad employee on a motor cart out of Jacumba. Of the two rail cars, one contained Coors bear
And the other ice ?
I could watch this all day!!!
those are hand car set-offs, they would turn the hand car and roll it off so a train could pass by
Exactly 💯
thats awesome you guy did this great video drove those tracks with my Dad in his old ww2 jeep we made about were you guys did thanks for the memories
This video was very cool! I loved watching the old T motor up and down the tracks, and the scenery was some thing else! As others have said, the ties in the middle of the track and what was left of them off to the side of the track was for the speeders and rail work carts to get off the track when a regular train came along, or to turn the speeders or the work carts around. That would have been a good spot to turn the T around, had you been inclined to do so.
Merlin, this was simply SPECTACULAR!!!!
Merlin, again…. So great to see… you guys moving rocks like the flintstones.. so great to see…
That look on your face when you first got going I think you had your doubts! Loved the video! I want to go next time!
We did but it worked!
I'm Just a 55yr old welder and what I woulda done was find the fulcrum point of the T and jack it at that point balancing it and pivot the chassis around...not sayin ya'll didnt try that or callin yall dumb cuz i know u r not..just givin ya an idear...LOve you guys and gals! Had a great time watchin this Awesome Vidja!!
That place u was asking about is where the cars full of rocks and dirt from the tunnels being built was dumped over the side of the mountain. Every where u look u see where brave hard working honest men worked and died. I've worked building tracks and last few years we worked we was undoing alot of old tracks. Now trucks do most of thè transportation of goods. But rail was King not that long ago. Love u're videos Merlin, I even like Brad some too.
Good Sunday morning to everyone. Hay it's another old school garage video. Thanks Merlin. 🔧🪛🔨🛠️ And Jesus Christ is the answer through everything in this old world ✝️🙏
Yes asolutely 💯🙏
Really like the "Sepia Vision" shots...it add authentic realism to the adventure...Kudos.
That was a lot of fun guy's thanks for bring us along. Very cool.
Thanks for the ride along Merlin and gang. It was very interesting. God Bless
That bridge has been on my bucket list for a while. You just upped the ante, Merlin. ❤
Thats taking the rails in style, the only way merlin knows how.😃
That was very interesting and scenic thank you for taking us along.
This was a perfect movie 🎥 sets nice ,rustic as I hold my heart and salute my us flag 🇺🇸 with the start on NASCAR at. Talladega thanks BigAl California.
Thank you for taking us along. Beautiful
Merlin and friends.......that was awesome. Thanks for sharing, and stay safe 👍.
being from Ohio it was cool to see some of that track was made here. what a trip. thanks for taking us along.
Very cool adventure, thanks for taking us along. 👍👍
Hey! You found the trestle that I messaged about on the last video. I was a bit off on the location. I've never been there, just seen a video of someone hiking there. Glad you found it and got to go visit.
Omg! You can't believe the smile you put on my face when you waved to the drone.I have always wanted to go there amazing footage And choice of music for the work scene. Ps. Im very grateful for your parents and your uncle for making you a mechanical genious.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you,😂
What an awsome adventure
The pump oiler at around 10min mark is a greaser, pumps grease onto the flange of the rail when a train passes over to lubricate the train wheels and rails. normally on curves where the force from the wheels is greater on the flange of the rail and the wheels, to prevent wear.
THAT was an awesome adventure!!! The scenery, unreal, those bridge structures, wow!
Thank you for the trip Merlin. A great ride of history!
Thanks for taking us subscriber's along for the ride. What a woot,to see it on the tracks. Original old west R/R track an tunnels an bridge. Merlin the original OG for the win. ✌️👍🤙🤙😁😎🍀🍀🍀🍀🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🪄🪄
All I got to say, super cool!!!
I ❤ how the rails are shiny from the TH-camrs!
All I can say is WOW! What an adventure thank you for taking us along.
The US Forest Service had 2 of the model T rail runners in 1924. There is a library of congress picture of one on the internet. My source from the forest service told me that one was lost going over a cliff after derailing and the other was just junked after use. Nice video of a very scenic track.